ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
             HOUSE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON OIL AND GAS                                                                           
                        January 18, 2001                                                                                        
                           10:03 a.m.                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
OVERVIEW:   DEPARTMENT OF  NATURAL RESOURCES,  DIVISION OF  OIL &                                                               
GAS                                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
TAPES                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
01-1, SIDES A & B                                                                                                               
01-2, SIDE A                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CALL TO ORDER                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  SCOTT  OGAN,  Chair,  called  the  House  Special                                                               
Committee on Oil and Gas meeting to order at 10:03 a.m.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
PRESENT                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
Committee  members  present  were  Representatives  Ogan,  Dyson,                                                               
Chenault,  Fate, Kohring,  Guess, and  Joule.   Also present  was                                                               
Representative Green.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
SUMMARY OF INFORMATION                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
MARK  MYERS,  Director, Division  of  Oil  & Gas,  Department  of                                                               
Natural   Resources,  provided   full-color  handouts,   gave  an                                                               
overview of the division, and answered members' questions.                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
DAN  ZOBRIST,  Petroleum  Economist,  Division of  Oil  and  Gas,                                                               
Department of Natural Resources,  answered members' questions via                                                               
teleconference.                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
WILLIAM NEBESKY,  Petroleum Economist,  Division of Oil  and Gas,                                                               
Department of Natural Resources,  answered members' questions via                                                               
teleconference.                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
ANNOUNCEMENTS                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR  OGAN encouraged  members to  look at  the division's  home                                                               
page on the  Internet at www.dog.dnr.state.ak.us/oil/welcome.htm.                                                               
He  also  asked  members  to   familiarize  themselves  with  the                                                               
relevant  statutes   in  Titles  38   and  41  as  well   as  the                                                               
administrative code in 11 AAC.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  DYSON nominated  Representative Fate  to be  vice                                                               
chair of the House Special Committee  on Oil and Gas; there being                                                               
no objection, it was so ordered.                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR OGAN appointed a  subcommittee consisting of Representative                                                               
Fate, chair; Representative Joule;  and Representative Dyson.  He                                                               
charged  the  subcommittee with  looking  at  the feasibility  of                                                               
delivering  natural  gas  to  villages  along  the  Yukon  River,                                                               
assuming that an LNG [liquefied natural gas] line is built.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR OGAN adjourned  the House Special Committee on  Oil and Gas                                                               
meeting at 12 p.m.                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
NOTE:   The meeting was  recorded and handwritten log  notes were                                                               
taken.  A  copy of the tape(s)  and log notes may  be obtained by                                                               
contacting the  House Records  Office at  State Capitol,  Room 3,                                                               
Juneau,  Alaska   99801 (mailing  address),  (907) 465-2214,  and                                                               
after  adjournment of  the second  session  of the  Twenty-Second                                                               
Alaska  State Legislature  this  information may  be obtained  by                                                               
contacting the Legislative Reference Library at (907) 465-3808.